Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.

I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

Every time a cool rock chick or actress seems to respect themselves as a strong woman, I'm like, 'Yeah!' And I love them, and they're my girls. And then they start to go downhill and people aren't paying attention anymore. So they start stripping their clothes off, because that's all they have left. I swear to everything I've ever known, I will never do that

I write by myself initially. That's the way I've always written, just working on pure thought by myself. Then I bring it to the table with whoever I'm collaborating with.

Like now what Urban Outfitters has become is very much how I always dressed in high school by going to garage sales and getting stuff for 50 cents. Cost a little more now, to look like crap.

You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.